Tickets will go on sale Thursday for Beyond Fest 2026, a 14-day genre film festival featuring 81 movies and appearances by Al Pacino, M. Night Shyamalan, Danny DeVito, Robert Eggers and other filmmakers and actors.
Sales will begin at 10 a.m., when a virtual waiting room will also open, according to the American Cinematheque. Customers can purchase up to two tickets per screening and will have six minutes to complete purchases after tickets are placed in their carts.
The festival will run from Sept. 23 through Oct. 6 at venues including the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica and theaters in Los Feliz and Westwood.
The 81-feature lineup includes 10 world premieres, one international premiere, four North American premieres, seven U.S. premieres and 28 West Coast premieres.
Among the scheduled events is a Sept. 24 screening of “Scent of a Woman” followed by a question-and-answer session with director Martin Brest and Pacino.
Eggers will participate in a Sept. 25 marathon at the Egyptian Theatre featuring his films “The Witch,” “The Lighthouse,” “The Northman” and “Nosferatu.”
Shyamalan will take part in several events, including a Sept. 27 marathon of “Unbreakable,” “Split” and “Glass,” and screenings of “Signs,” “Knock at the Cabin,” “The Visit,” “Trap” and “The Sixth Sense.”
DeVito is scheduled to appear at a Sept. 26 screening of “Hoffa” in 70mm and a Sept. 27 screening of “Beverly Hills Cop.”
Tickets for screenings at the MUBI Theatre at Los Feliz 3 will not go on sale Thursday and will have separate ticketing windows. Tickets for “Carrie” also will not be available Thursday, with a separate on-sale date to be announced.
The festival’s opening-night programming Sept. 23 will include “Primetime” at Directors Village in Westwood and “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” at the Aero Theatre.
More information is available at www.americancinematheque.com.